*IMG* (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 15:50 (3536 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Exclusive emblem and shader (and a shirt!) that you can ONLY get through purchase.

I see. Hmmmmmm.

(Also, Blacksmith shader was purchaseable by preordering Activision's Advanced Warfare.)

I forgot about that one.

I'm going to get out of this by saying buying a shirt and buying an entire game are not microtransactions.

But you guys have made a very good point here, so thanks for that ;-p Don't think I didn't learn anything today. But you know what I mean: microtransactions in the traditional sense.

Let's look at it this way. What incentive would Bungie have to develop any content that wouldn't be bundled in with a DLC if people are more than happy to buy the DLC without it?

Remember the Tumbler sparrow? It was offered for a limited time if you bought TDB within a certain window. It's almost purely cosmetic (flips aside), not everyone can get it, and it doesn't really affect you if you don't have it. Why is that acceptable, but a $2 armor set wouldn't be (if all of its perks were already accessible on other gear)?

Someone could theoretically sell me their Blacksmith shader code. Would that impact your experience? Then would it impact you if that "someone" was Bungie themselves?